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I have been doing the cascade for 10 years but with the incorrect arm movements. Instead of popping/pulling my arm to the back next to my waist, I pop/pull it towards my belly. I can still do the cascade, but when the wind picks up a bit, it is getting a bit difficult because the arm movement is limited.

It is quite difficult for me to correct it since I have been doing like this for a decade.

I watched lots of videos. Richard Debray, Mathieu Mayet, Mathias Haack, Tim Benson, Christian Stahl, etc. Burn those images into your brain then go to the field and try to duplicate them. It worked for me. It may work for you too.

Denny

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I always wanted to be a procrastinator..........I just never got around to it.

Yep. No more movement than that required. If you're attempting a fountain (rising cascade), maybe a bit of a sharp, upward movement with opposite hand (one attached to the up-wing), to both stop the rotation and pull that wing a bit higher in the window with each rotation.

I used to love watching people who'd learn to axel with that old skool across-the-chest sweep of the arm attempt to move on to the cascade After enough chest pounding they eventually either gave up or went back to school and learned it correctly

I recently learned the "across the body" half axel...from watching Martin's HA video, no less. I figured that was the way I was supposed to do it! At least if I wanted to be like mama74, and let's face it, who doesn't?

Now I have to (re)learn to do it with a straight pull.

Is there a video of this chest-beating cascade? Purely for humor purposes. Cross my heart, I won't try it.

This is what I always think of when I see the 'across the body, lift your arm up near your face' cascade technique. I know a guy who does it just fine this way, but his speed is limited - and it's hard to keep a straight face when you see him do it.

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